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Guest post and review: Maggie Anton’s Enchantress, A Novel of Rav Hisda’s Daughter
Originally posted on readful things blog:
Today, I am so pleased to welcome Maggie Anton to Readful Things for a guest post. The topic is an interesting one for authors and audiences alike. The border between fiction and non-fiction–how real is too real? The check below the guest post for a review of Enchantress. We’d…
Bad Fall – Part 93
Originally posted on Dellani Oakes:
Marka slips something into Frank’s coffee. For the moment, he’s asleep with James watching him. “I hardly knew that man in there,” Marka said, gulping for air. “He scared me so. What did that evil woman do to him?” “I don’t know, honey. But I’d like to kill her myself.”…
… ‘Hippocratic Oath’ versus ‘Hypocritical Oath’?… a few thoughts…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…those of yeez Lads and Lassies who follow this Blog will know that I normally eschew political, overtly argumentative, or outright ‘soap-boxing’… however, as is my wont, a wee body swerve on that is in order today… a few thoughts on watching the absurd human anguish caused of late by…
Book chat: ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ by John Green
Originally posted on write meg!:
So I finished John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars on Sunday. I bought it last week in anticipation of a long weekend away as a “treat” to myself, insofar as a book about kids with cancer can be a “treat.” Also, despite loving my Kindle for years now, I…
…treat yerselves to Author, Bridget Whelan’s great ‘BACK TO CREATIVE WRITING… free today on Goodreads…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…last December, this ol’Jurassic was delighted to pen a wee review piece for my pal Author, Bridget Whelan’s great ‘BACK TO CREATIVE WRITING SCHOOL’… for emb’dy out there among yeez Lads and Lassies of Blog Land who wanna treat yourselves, it’s now FREE on Goodreads (sorry, no discount!)… goodreads.com/giveaway/show/ …a great…
…the ageless question for Authors…how long should yer book be?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…as with most things to do with writing yer books, yeez’ll get as many different answers as the number of people yeez ask the question… what’s the ideal length of a novel?… for this ol’ Jurassic, it’s simple… yeez start the story… yeez tell the story… yeez finish the story……
… ‘trickle-up’ economics for all we Authors…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…unless yer name’s Lee Child or ye’re that wee Rowling lassie, chances are, as a quill-scraper, yeez have more than a passing fascination with the Amazon Author’s Sales pages… and now the Great God Amazon has introduced these fancy-coloured squiggly graphs showing yer daily sales and the individual markets where…
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